Overall good investment banking analyst experience, especially relative to other frims - Anonymous employee Morgan Stanley Employee Review

4.0
12 July 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great reputation and alumni network means there are significant opportunitiies on the buyside with both Private equity and (to a slightly lesser extent) hedge funds. Overall work / life balance better than at GS and reputation and opportunities better than at other banks.

Cons

still an analyst program so you do get worked very hard etc. Probably something still to be said about working at GS as well in terms of the incremental opportunitieis..

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Cons

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